user123
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Need a tractor trailer set up to haul a cat D8T. Have no idea what size trailer I need and what type will work the best. I believe it weighs close to 90,000 lbs. Iowa is the only state it will travel in. Thanks
You and me both Scrub. We were always taught to reverse equipment on to the lowboy and drive it off.Those tractors loaded a$$ backwards look strange to my eyes..
Yair . . .
(Big grin) Those tractors loaded a$$ backwards look strange to my eyes Oxbow.
Nice rig BTW . . . all of it's nice.
You and me both Scrub. We were always taught to reverse equipment on to the lowboy and drive it off.
Shows how things differ. Here a 3 axle tractor (6 x 4) and a 3 axle trailer would be more than enough to handle a fully-equipped D8T with a U-blade and multi-shank ripper.While I'm Wisconsin based, we travel a few states. Here a 4 axle tractor and heavy enough 3 axle trailer can scale a stripped down D8t. To be safe, if go with a 4 axle trailer. Oddly, if you are adding a D8T, I'd think you or the dealer should know what's needed.
so if we were loading over the back of the trailer the tractor would have the blade facing to the rear like Oxbow's photo.
Yair. . .
Some confusion here I think . . . you blokes (I think) are talking detachable goosenecks and I have never even seen one.
Cheers.
Oddly, if you are adding a D8T, I'd think you or the dealer should know what's needed.